Hi guys, I'm new to this forum. I hang out on the Hunting Dog Forum most of the time. When I'm not duck hunting I'm in the Deer woods.They just made it legal to hunt deer in my area with a rifle (always been a Shotgun, Bow area)so, I'm looking to purchase a good deer rifle and need some advise.Here is what I was thinking about: Remington Mod. 700 in 308 composit stock, possible SS barrel, I would like to Top it with a Lepold 3x9. My property has a gas pipeline that runs approx. 400yds in a straight line.(very active deer travel) Thought I would build an elevated stand at the half way point so my longest shot would be about 200 yds. Most under 100yds.Go ahead give me your opinions

I have the Browning X-bolt 7mm WSM in SS and composite. Don't think I'll ever own another blued barrel or wood again for hunting. The .308 is a great round to shoot and cheap! And of course its hard to go wrong with Remington or Leupold.

With ammo prices the way they are, I wish I would have picked a cheaper caliber.

Kind of like dog training,within reason guns arent necessarily "right or wrong" . What it really comes down to is personal preference, what you are thinking about sounds like a great combo for your use. As mentioned browning is also a good choice, and I would give savage some serious thought, theyve really upped their game.

I had one in .243 and shot a coyote one time about 160 yards out. I was off just a bit, and wounded him. He was still flopping around and I worked the bold to get another shot off and....lo and behold, it jammed. First and only time of the dozens of rifles I have owned that a bolt gun would short feed. A good thing for you to research is the extractor claw. Remington does not use one; they use a push feed system.

I have had very good luck with all of the Savage rifles I have owned; the cheapest one them make is very accurate. Tikka is good, as are Winchesters.

If you have any questions about rifles or shooting, feel free to PM me. I have been handloading for over 10 years and shoot at my private range at least once a week.

I had one in .243 and shot a coyote one time about 160 yards out. I was off just a bit, and wounded him. He was still flopping around and I worked the bold to get another shot off and....lo and behold, it jammed. First and only time of the dozens of rifles I have owned that a bolt gun would short feed. A good thing for you to research is the extractor claw. Remington does not use one; they use a push feed system..

The Rem 700 is a tried, true and trusted rifle with a solid action and better than average barrels. Most are more accurate than the shooter although anybody can get a bad one. I had one in 7mm Mag some years ago that was a tack driver with factory ammo but sold it to a buddy that wanted it more than I did. In .308 Win they use 1 in 10" twist barrels allowing you to shot heavier bullets but most people shoot 150-168gr fodder...if you need 180 or heavier it is a good idea to setp up to a 30-06. That said a .308 with good ammo is more than capable for deer out to 300+ yards and is inherently a very accurate round...standard sniper rifles have been .308 for years. And Leupold for the optics is a helluva good choice as well.

I suggest you check out the Tikka T3 Lite. If I'd have found out about them sooner I'd probably have a safe full of them. They are competitively priced, have great triggers, weigh a little over seven pounds with a normal sized scope, and come with a 1 MOA guaranty. Mine is in .22-250 and it'll put five rounds of Winchester white box under three quarters of an inch. I need another deer rifle like I need a sharp stick in the eye but want another T3 in 25-06.

get a 270 cal. any type rifle. savage is a good medium priced gun as is remington, or ruger. a 270 is a great long range round with minimal recoil compared to the 06 but either one would be a winner though.

Your first choice sounds good you cant really go wrong with that combo. With that said you would'nt go wrong with the savage either I have 3 or 4 in the safe. In fact my go to deer rifle is a Savage 110E in 30-06 that I bought 22 years ago. Savage is hard to beat for the money and very accurate staight out of the box.

Well, I dropped the hammer yesterday. I bought a Savage 270 w/ 3X9 Nikon scope, from all I can research it should be a good service gun, I'm about "useing" a tool not looking at it. :)Now to finding how it shoots, going to test fire 130, 140 and 150 gr.......any suggestions???? Mainly hunting Whitetails, I hunt a mix of woods and open fields, again most shots under 100yds with a chance of 200+, hope to do a Black Bear and a Caribou hunt in the future.

I am very picky about the triggers on my rifles. The Model 10 Savage I have in .243 has an accutrigger and is cranked down LOW.To low, really. I would not crank it down all the way if you plan on using gloves while deer hunting. Go about half way and see how you like that, you can always adjust it.

didn't know they still made a cheap 130 round. buy what you plan to hunt with. no need to shoot up the world just put a few down range and see what happens. simple remington corlockts are hard to beat.

Glad to see you got your rifle............................Any modern 130gr bullet made today will put downany deer with a well placed shot to the heart,lungs,spine or neck. Might not kill them dead,but will put them down for a 2nd shot if needed. I have never lost a deer with a bullet in the heart/lung area or high lung/spine area with any of the 130gr bullets that I have hunted with. When I started hunting the Rem bronze-tip or Cor-lok,and the Winchester silver-tip and Pointed spitzter were the top bullets of the day. No such thing as "Boat-tails" or "Poly-tips" back then. Heck,we just got rid of the old 30-40 Krag for the new fancy 30-06 that they said might be better.............then Jack O'Connor came out into the hunting field with a new toy called the 270 and killed everything in sight. (don't know about the Alaskan Kodiac Bear)

but did you know that more deer in the USA at short ranges have been killed with the old................30-30 Winchester load, than any other round?Of course there were a lot of cow pokes,bad guys,soldiers and indians back in the old days to help with the totals !! Still going strong in the forest areas back East !!Don't hear many that go "GRIZZ" hunting with a 30-30 though...........................

You did good, twice the energy as the old loads and half the bullet drop..............maybe more, that 270 willdo just fine putting venison on the table,for you. If there is too much meat damage you can go to the 140gr bullet witha little less speed or use the new Remington ultra Bonded 115gr Core-Lokt "low velosity loads" that works great out to 200 yardswith minimal recoil .Good hunting.